Place | Asia: Vietnam, Vung Tau Special Zone, Vung Tau |
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Accession Number | PR91/180 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | 1 folder |
Object type | Papers |
Maker |
Fernando, Mike |
Date made | 1971-1984 |
Access | Open |
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM371 91/0812 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Fernando, Mike (Private b.1949)
Description
Photocopy of Mike Fernando's 1984 handwritten account of his national service experiences in Vietnam. He describes his call up, the Save Our Sons Movement picketing the Marrickville Recruit Centre, his initial training, jungle training at Canungra, American GIs on R & R, his arrival in Vietnam as a replacement orderly, the Arnold Club, Vung Tau, hostility of locals after announcement of Australian withdrawal.